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Track: Eora/Sydney’s GRXCE is ‘Wasted On You’: a slow burning fuse that delivers another pop rocket ahead of live dates.
We’ve already been highly impressed by GRXCE‘s earlier releases ‘Pretty Boy’ and ‘Family Traditions’ and the new single ‘Wasted On You’ is clear proof of the band’s sustainable creative forces. Singer Jamila Grace’s vocals are soft wry and exhibit a range bigger than the Himalayas. There is an element of restraint and the dappling instrumentation …
Gallery and Set-lists: Nova Twins / Fräulein – Whelan’s, Dublin 18.03.2023
Nova Twins brought their high energy Nu-metal/Alt-rock to Whelan’s of Dublin, neither the band nor the crowd let up for a minute as the band bounced the crowd bounced, as the band sang the crowd sang. The band even joined the crowd to end the show by performing the last song off stage in the …
Live Gallery + Set Lists: Therapy? / The Outcasts -3Olympia, Dublin 06.10.2022
Well at last Therapy? made it to Dublin for their So Much For The 30 Year Plan tour which turned into So Much For The 32 Year Plan (we all know why) but man was the wait worth it, simple answer YES! as always Therapy? played a blinding set and tore up Dublin’s 3Olympia and …
Meet: Witch Fever at Leeds Festival
BM So I’ve just come back from watching your set. How was Reading compared to Leeds? WF They were both pretty even I think. I think Leeds felt slightly more bit. Bit crazy maybe. Yeah, the crowd were like I think. The crowd were crazier there in Leeds. They were, they were sick in Reading. …
Album Review: Anorak Patch release astounding debut EP ‘By Cousin Sam’: Out now via Nice Swan Records
Cementing themselves as one of the UK’s most exciting bands to emerge in recent years, Essex foursome Anorak Patch have just released their first EP, By Cousin Sam. The debut release comes via Nice Swan Records, a label that have worked with some of the UK’s buzziest acts including Sports Team, English Teacher, Silverbacks, Hotel …
Live Gallery: Kill the headlights and put it in neutral – Loser hit Sydney
Loser’s grungy alt rock is a winner with Sydney audience.
Track: Sydney’s legendary nineties heroes Caligula return with the blistering single ‘World on Fire’.
Caligula‘s brand of thrilling electro grunge reached its apotheosis in the early nineties with the album ‘Rubenesque’, and having burned so brightly, the band went into hiatus until reforming to support Pop Will Eat Itself’s (PWEI) Australian tour in 2018 with founding members Ashley Rothschild and Jamie Fonti. A few live shows have followed, signifying …
News: Australian institution Screamfeeder announces new album ‘Five Rooms’, tour and unveils the delicious pop fuzz single ‘Don’t Get Me Started’
Screamfeeder have been a veritable indie institution in Australia for more than a remarkable thirty years, and following a return to the live scene recently, they have announced the release of their new album ‘Five Rooms’ on 6 May 2022, along with a tour of the East Coast capitals with fellow legend Adalita (Magic Dirt). …
Live Review and Gallery: No-one’s complaining – Moaning Lisa return to Sydney
No complaints-Moaning Lisa deliver blistering set at The Lansdowne.
Live Review: Hands Off Gretel / Edited People / Luke Appleton – The Birdwell Venue, Barnsley 18.12.2021
On a cold December afternoon, I drove my son, his girlfriend and my daughter 85 miles through the fog for our last gig of the year, Hands Off Gretel in Barnsley. The Birdwell Venue is a revamped old Working men’s club with a seriously impressive live space: The Lighting and sound are excellent, the stage is both …